Hammer Editor - Tutorial 6: Make and import custom textures (Part 2)

[2muchrubik]

I can not get Pakrat to run and it keeps saying unable to load and automatically exit. Please help!

[cheat12code]

Thanks, you helped. I didn't know you had to make a VMT to make it register via Hammer.

[Maestroshnitzel]

The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?!

[DivinityCorp]

Let's say your map is called... Eh... Map. Freaking hilarious xD

[laymon44]

some reson when i load the texture in hammer i'm geting the error texture, no idear whats going wrong

[laymon44]

@laymon44 ah was some how able to fix it but when i host a server with a custom map it wont show the texture to the people that join the map

[totalwar123]

i can make the textures perfectly fine, but when i make them and get further into my map, the textures become very poor quality.. do you know why?

[Jonah64100]

Nevermind got it thanks works great.......

[Jonah64100]

nothing shows up in hammer..........

[maskmart93]

Thanks for the help W4nder1 it works fine :)

[eiddie1]

Yeah i've done all what you said and my textures are coming up as those bloody pink and black squares. what can i do?

[1337BananaL33TVostok]

oh man..

[ZEZgamer]

if you then compose the map, will all the custom textures be on the map?

[toolpeth]

Thank you for sharing the knowledge!

[hassanziadon]

doesn't works no texture appears in valve hammer editor! can u plz help me. i think this all stuff should be in some .wad file!!!

[Kansyn]

i got a problem. i made a texture and made the vtf and vmt file. but when i place it in the source sdk it's purple and black. can somebody explain?

[Force911111]

@Kansyn Had the same problem, that's what i'm here for.....

[ID345891]

Thnx m8, i had no problems at all ! exellent tuto..

[FuzzySnuckums]

where do i put a hl2 ep2 file for hammer? because theres no materials?

[BlueBull3]

Thank you! You saved my work!

[karumee9]

hi, is it possible to copy props from one mod (hammer file) to another ?

[snowleopard01]

Your custom textures tutorial made purple and black checkers i need help please.

[gigga97]

I have tried this 3 different times......I am testing this on my dedicated server....I just made a basic square map with a custom texture in it....but when People join they say they can only see the pink and black checkers...any idea why its doing this....I have followed your instructions and it still dont work. Could it have somthing to do with my server settings?

[snowleopard01]

me too mate it doesnt work

[equaleyez187]

you must pack your map with PakRat, check the description for link. The checkers mean they dont have the texture but with pakrat you can make it 'hybrid' or whatever you call it

[lilneo1]

@gigga97 I have the same problem, I thought that you would have to put the materials in the SRCDS material folder... But when I tried that it didn't work.

[thedufeys]

my pakrat does not find any files. i have followed your instructions several times but it allways stuffs up

[Habatboy]

Problem! My friend says when he plays at the map i made with my textures, they are purple and black!!!!! :(((((((( please fix :((

[Catman704]

did you get pakrat? Its in the downloads

[Habatboy]

omg,omg i luv you! its actully working xD but why did we need pakrat ;P

[PriditProductions]

otherwise it will be purple/black texture, not your custom one.

[SimonAlling]

So if I do that Pakrat thing, other people will be able to see the textures without having to download them manually?

If the answer is YES then I will do this right now! =D

[lollerick]

Thank you soooooooooooooo much!!! now i know how i can use my own textures min my maps xD

[fireverck]

I did everything you told to do. When I load my texture, there is only a purple-black squares.

help!

[mcottier]

you put it in the wrong folder, becuase the purple and black squares is a identifier for a missing texture. You need to put it in the materials folder, under the correct game you are loading it for.

[wherestheshroomsyo]

kewl man

[siourawr]

thanks! this helped me out so much,

[raccoonmatinginyour]

Ah nevermind about my other comment it say that no files were found but it still got compile to VTF. Thank you so much for your tutorial!!!

[kumitetom]

cheers dude =]

helped me out

[Kzs1993ante]

Thank you it helpt me

[ItsAlexWright]

I have a problem with pakrat. When I press auto, nothing comes up.

[deathcsscz]

i just get the pink and black squares when i make a material and load it up in hammer.

[vexx21322]

that means the vmt is referencing to a image that is not there

[jammerthegreat]

i get the same problem but i dont see what to do...

[vexx21322]

you placed it in the wrong materials folder

[jammerthegreat]

oh noooo i did'nt.... but i did all of it again but used photoshop this time and it worked.....

[w4nder1]

did you use vtfedit to save vmt files?

[chrismastere]

I get an error when trying to load the vtf file in VTFEdit

Error: File Version does not match 7.0 or 7.1 or 7.2

[w4nder1]

Try installing something call FixVTF, seems to solve that problem

[chrismastere]

don't works...

[w4nder1]

type "Error: File Version does not match 7.0 or 7.1 or 7.2 vtfedit" into google and click on the first link, theres a VTFedit fixed version. for some reason i cant reply with links

[chrismastere]

i got the program and it "worked", and now when i try to load it in Hammer i just get cutemaps...

[w4nder1]

cutemaps?

[chrismastere]

pink and black squares